This is an analysis of the poem A November Note that begins with:

Why, throstle, do you sing
In this November haze?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabc decdec fgafga hiehie dahdaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 000101 101111 1110001 111101 011101 100101 110111 1010101 100101 110101 1011111 111111 110111 010011 010101 110001 101111 111111 010101 110011 110001 1101001 101101 110111 1100001 110001 000111 110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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